Lingerie fastener



Jan. 6, 1931. y R. FREEDMAN 1,788,095

LINGERIE FASTENER Y Filed Aug. 16, 1929 nog the shoulders, and the primaryobjectlfthe present-invention Vis 'to improve such shoullder strap attachments( Y Patented Jan.r6, 1931 p Mii nutrirrimini)unina, onimwonmn. Y. Y

" HNGEBIEFASTENEB ffmipiicaion niea eugust\1e, 1929. `senin nu. 386,314.i

n' `This,"inyeiitionf relatestfinlproyements in lingerie,y 'pins' or shoulderl strap attache inents.

lI havertwee "rare devised a ingerijpin for retaining the v"sh'zmlder straps g'o'f underg'armentsand the like-in yproper position uponf' ,Myprior'attachinent' included an upper pin to be astenedto theY innerlsurface of the `is to provide a should-eristrapattachment,

shoulder portionbffan outer'fgarinent, anda "secondi or 'lower pin designed toform 'a supporting barand retaining means' for the.

Vshoulder "straps" of undergaiirnfents and the like.y Another object of the present invention fthe franie of which isfof curved? ori-crescent shape to'facilitate thhandling and manipul-v lation of the' upperpin of the attachment.

Another' object-'is tofu'rnish an'attachment. of this" character5` in Which'thei lower or'seo ondffpinisfspecially shapedto v'prevent any pricking ofth'eusersslin ;'t allow the operator v'to readily detect Vwhich is l*the reeffend I"ofthe second pin, and' to allowtheshoulder used.

" engaging Pin' t0' Slip easily inteV ,the gawd,

and to stay inthe latter untillthezuser Wishes to vdetach the vsarne froin'the outer garment.`.

' Withl the i'oregoing'objects:outlined and.

Y with' other'obj'ectsin vievf which will appear as" theV 'descriptionfproceeda the f invention` "fconsis'ts'in the novel features hereinafterl dey y l be slidablyy retained' by `jthe latter,- Whenfthe- "beth PieSOPehi v '3 is av Vvertical sectional' View` en* r the 'scribed-in detail, illustratedfin the: accompanying'. drewinalend; more fparticlarls/p fllointedbut VVin" .the appended'clairns'.

-Rei?e'rringjto thekilraWingyj-V a' i Fig. 1f isjafron'teleyatin of'lny improved 4,slioul'dc'er 'strapa'ttachrnent.V Y Fig.' Q is a rear eleret'ef ithiiemeiwih fin the drawing, 4` aesignate fhjfrmeef my inproyed attachment, which is preferably formed of sheet metalg'a'nd isof crescent shape." The upper edge of theframee-is thus curved vfrom kendv to end, so that Vthe central portion 5 'of this'y edge isspaced below the pin G'of the device Whenthe latter is closed,while theA ends of said pinl are arranged consider- "ablyab'ove'the point v5.v y,This provides acut- Y `out Yportiony for 'the-frame, solthat theo'pera tor mayfreadily grasp the A-r'ne'fdial portion of; k60

fthe pin 6 for the purpose of manipulating the 'flattenY K 1 L The pin 6 is preferably formed of a piece of Wire of circular cross'sectiomand has; a sharp point 7 that is designed'to readily Spen- "etrate' thel shoulder seam` of an outergarnient, and to afterwardsengage a glylardk lip l8 y .ofthe framefor securingthedevice tothe outer garment, and: protecting the vpoin't'goi the pin, The opposite end of the. pin 6 is preferablyy .extended tok foi-in' across-'bar l9 andY from the V'Cross bar 9, the wire ffrom whichA they pin element 'isi formed;I is preferably attened or inade of' rectangul'arlcross section lto providek ya strapretaining ban-11. k"Fheendsof this pin aref'oil'setrearwardly,l

guardlip 150iV the frame WhichcOperates with, the end `14, The -oisetting Y of the end "faboutfyvhich anendof the framefis curled' n for securing thepin member to the fralne;

surface ofthey frame, Whenithe free end 14 of thestrap retaining pin is interlockedwith the portions of kthebjar l'ljrpr-operly spacethe main portion' of` that pin 4f rroin-the main porltionofltheframe, so that a plurality of shoulder straps Vmay be placed overa-thefb'ar 11, and

arts 14 and v15 are interlockedff Ysinnin'g-that'thepin isi closed, andv retaining the shoulder straps in place','when=the wearer@ stantially Straight vaoioss the-frame wli'rth the major portion of the same arranged Yabove and spaced from a curved edge of the frame,

the `other pin bar yhaving its ends ofset rear-V wardlyzto space the major portion of thatv n bar from the' rear surfaceiof the frame, the

free end of the'last mentioned barv being shaped to engage the other one of the Vguards of the frame, the Wire being crimped near one of its'endsto provide an indicator. n Y y RUTH FREEDMAN.V 

